DATE: 2020-04-05
AUTHOR: John L. Godlee
I've been looking for a better notetaking app on my Android phone. There are lots of notetaking apps on the Google Play Store and they vary massively in features, speed, reliability, privacy, and app size. F-droid[1] also has a lot of notetaking apps and these vary in quality even more, with many being abandoned hobby projects, and some with very niche features. I think that it's important to support free and open source software, so I limited myself to searching for a new notetaking app on F-droid.
I decided to do a comparison of all the notetaking apps currently available on F-droid to find my favourite. I kept in mind things like:
I had a few features that I needed in my chosen app:
I also had a few desirable features, but which weren't an absolute necessity:
I searched F-droid and extracted relevant apps by searching for these key terms:
In total I found 44 notetaking apps on F-droid. I excluded apps that only provided todo-list features, because I often want to take longer notes, write letters and blog posts and stuff. Below is a table comparing these apps and their features, as tested on an Android 7.1.1 running on Bluestacks[2] on my Macbook Pro. I just didn't have the patience to install and uninstall each app on my ailing Android phone, but hopefully Bluestacks is an appropriate replacement. While I was going through the apps I found extra features which I have included in the table, despite them not being features I particularly need. When recording whether an app had a widget or not, I recorded it as FALSE if the widget was just an icon which opened the main app.
2: https://www.bluestacks.com/
I tested each app by creating a folder,if possible, and adding a note with the contents:
# This is a note
x <- 123
It has multiple lines and [a link](https://www.duckduckgo.com)
then I added two tags to the note, if possible. Then I tried to export the note to the local file storage and finally tried to set up cloud storage.
Below is the table of comparisons:
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<div style="overflow-x:auto;"> <table> <thead><tr> <th>App name</th> <th>Tagline</th> <th>License</th> <th>APK size (MB)</th> <th>Last updated</th> <th>Archived?</th> <th>Permissions</th> <th>Checklist</th> <th>Tags</th> <th>Folders</th> <th>Widget</th> <th>Plain export</th> <th>Cloud backup</th> <th>Markdown preview</th> <th>Password protection</th> <th>Org Mode</th> <th>Search</th> <th>Autosave</th> <th>Notification area</th> <th>Notes</th> </tr></thead> <tbody><tr> <td>920 Editor</td> <td>Text editorGPL-3.0-only</td> <td>GPL-3.0-only</td> <td align="right">0.9</td> <td>05/12/2012</td> <td>FALSE</td> <td>NA</td> <td>NA</td> <td>NA</td> <td>NA</td> <td>NA</td> <td>NA</td> <td>NA</td> <td>NA</td> <td>NA</td> <td>NA</td> <td>NA</td> <td>NA</td> <td>NA</td> <td>Crashes</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Carnet</td> <td>Powerful note taking app with sync and online editorGPL-3.0-only</td> <td>GPL-3.0-only</td> <td align="right">6.5</td> <td>26/02/2020</td> <td>FALSE</td> <td>Camera, Microphone, Storage</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Clear List</td> <td>Add todo items and alarmsGPL-3.0-only</td> <td>GPL-3.0-only</td> <td align="right">1.7</td> <td>27/02/2016</td> <td>FALSE</td> <td>NA</td> <td>NA</td> <td>NA</td> <td>NA</td> <td>NA</td> <td>NA</td> <td>NA</td> <td>NA</td> <td>NA</td> <td>NA</td> <td>NA</td> <td>NA</td> <td>NA</td> <td>Crashes</td> </tr> <tr> <td>CrocodileNote</td> <td>Take notes and encrypt themGPL-3.0-only</td> <td>GPL-3.0-only</td> <td align="right">0.068</td> <td>13/03/2015</td> <td>FALSE</td> <td>Storage</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Editor</td> <td>Simple generic text editorGPL-3.0-only</td> <td>GPL-3.0-only</td> <td align="right">0.167</td> <td>01/02/2020</td> <td>TRUE</td> <td>Storage</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td>Markdown rendering in web browser</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Just Notes</td> <td>Take notes with import and export featuresApache-2.0</td> <td>Apache License 2.0</td> <td align="right">1.8</td> <td>14/09/2018</td> <td>FALSE</td> <td>Storage</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Kolab Notes</td> <td>Write notes and sync them with KolabLGPL-3.0-only</td> <td>LGPL-3.0-only</td> <td align="right">5</td> <td>22/10/2019</td> <td>FALSE</td> <td>Contacts, Storage</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td>.xml export</td> </tr> <tr> <td>LaaNo</td> <td>Bind notes to links and sync them with NextcloudGPL-3.0-or-later</td> <td>GPL-3.0-or-later</td> <td align="right">2.3</td> <td>10/12/2019</td> <td>FALSE</td> <td>Contacts, Storage</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td>NextCloud cloud backup</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Markor</td> <td>Text editor - Notes & ToDo. Lightweight. Markdown and todo.txt support.Apache-2.0</td> <td>Apache License 2.0</td> <td align="right">6.9</td> <td>12/02/2020</td> <td>FALSE</td> <td>Storage</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Memento</td> <td>Take notesMIT</td> <td>MIT</td> <td align="right">1.2</td> <td>30/12/2016</td> <td>FALSE</td> <td>Storage</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>miniNoteViewer</td> <td>Note taker with encryptionGPL-2.0-or-later</td> <td>GPL-2.0-or-later</td> <td align="right">0.163</td> <td>30/11/2012</td> <td>FALSE</td> <td>Storage</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td>Text editor only</td> </tr> <tr> <td>MobileOrg</td> <td>TODO list/task managementGPL-2.0-only</td> <td>GPL-2.0-only</td> <td align="right">1.4</td> <td>15/08/2013</td> <td>FALSE</td> <td>Calendar, Storage</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>My Notes - Take notes anywhere</td> <td>Very simple note-takingGPL-3.0-only</td> <td>GPL-3.0-only</td> <td align="right">1.4</td> <td>29/10/2019</td> <td>FALSE</td> <td>NA</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Note Crypt Pro</td> <td>Keep your notes safe and secureGPL-3.0-only</td> <td>GPL-3.0-only</td> <td align="right">1.4</td> <td>12/11/2018</td> <td>FALSE</td> <td>Storage</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>NoteBuddy</td> <td>Store encrypted notesGPL-3.0-only</td> <td>GPL-3.0-only</td> <td align="right">1</td> <td>19/07/2017</td> <td>FALSE</td> <td>Storage</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>NoteCipher</td> <td>Notepad with lockApache-2.0</td> <td>Apache License 2.0</td> <td align="right">7.1</td> <td>15/12/2013</td> <td>FALSE</td> <td>Storage</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Notepad</td> <td>Basic note takingApache-2.0</td> <td>Apache License 2.0</td> <td align="right">0.046</td> <td>07/09/2012</td> <td>FALSE</td> <td>Storage</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Notepad</td> <td>Take notesGPL-3.0-or-later</td> <td>GPL-3.0-or-later</td> <td align="right">1</td> <td>15/10/2016</td> <td>TRUE</td> <td>NA</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Notepad</td> <td>A simple, bare-bones, no-frills note taking appApache-2.0</td> <td>Apache License 2.0</td> <td align="right">1.3</td> <td>13/04/2019</td> <td>FALSE</td> <td>NA</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Notey</td> <td>Location-aware notesBSD-3-Clause</td> <td>BSD-3-clause New or Revised</td> <td align="right">1.4</td> <td>26/11/2014</td> <td>FALSE</td> <td>Location, Storage</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td>.html export</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Notification Notes</td> <td>Add notes and show them as notificationsMIT</td> <td>MIT</td> <td align="right">1.7</td> <td>01/01/2019</td> <td>FALSE</td> <td>NA</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Notify</td> <td>Manage notes and TODO listsGPL-2.0-or-later</td> <td>GPL-2.0-or-later</td> <td align="right">1.2</td> <td>11/02/2015</td> <td>FALSE</td> <td>NA</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>OI Notepad</td> <td>Take notesApache-2.0</td> <td>Apache License 2.0</td> <td align="right">1</td> <td>18/02/2017</td> <td>FALSE</td> <td>Storage</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Omni Notes</td> <td>Note taking open-source application aimed to have both a simple interface but keGPL-3.0-only</td> <td>GPL-3.0-only</td> <td align="right">4.6</td> <td>17/09/2018</td> <td>FALSE</td> <td>Storage, Location, Microphone</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Orgzly</td> <td>Outliner for notes and tasks in plain-textGPL-3.0-or-later</td> <td>GPL-3.0-or-later</td> <td align="right">5</td> <td>14/11/2019</td> <td>FALSE</td> <td>Storage</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>p!n</td> <td>Pin notes to the notification area.GPL-3.0-or-later</td> <td>GPL-3.0-or-later</td> <td align="right">1.9</td> <td>31/10/2019</td> <td>FALSE</td> <td>NA</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Post Writer</td> <td>A writing app for the true minimalistApache-2.0</td> <td>Apache License 2.0</td> <td align="right">1.7</td> <td>14/06/2019</td> <td>FALSE</td> <td>Storage</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Retro Text Editor</td> <td>Edit text filesBSD-2-Clause-FreeBSD</td> <td>BSD-2-Clause-FreeBSD</td> <td align="right">1.3</td> <td>02/10/2019</td> <td>TRUE</td> <td>Storage</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td>Text editor only</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Scarlet Notes FD</td> <td>Quick and beautiful note-takingGPL-3.0-only</td> <td>GPL-3.0-only</td> <td align="right">7.3</td> <td>09/10/2019</td> <td>FALSE</td> <td>Storage</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>SealNote</td> <td>Simple, safe and easy to use notepadMIT</td> <td>MIT</td> <td align="right">11</td> <td>15/03/2017</td> <td>TRUE</td> <td>Storage</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Simple Notes</td> <td>A beautiful quick note taking app without ads or weird permissions.Apache-2.0</td> <td>Apache License 2.0</td> <td align="right">4.8</td> <td>04/02/2020</td> <td>FALSE</td> <td>Storage</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Simpletask Cloudless</td> <td>Todo list managerGPL-3.0-only</td> <td>GPL-3.0-only</td> <td align="right">3.8</td> <td>01/02/2020</td> <td>FALSE</td> <td>Storage</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>SNotepad</td> <td>Take notesGPL-3.0-or-later</td> <td>GPL-3.0-or-later</td> <td align="right">1.9</td> <td>04/04/2017</td> <td>FALSE</td> <td>Storage</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Swiftnotes</td> <td>Take notesApache-2.0</td> <td>Apache License 2.0</td> <td align="right">1</td> <td>30/04/2017</td> <td>FALSE</td> <td>Storage</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>SyncOrg</td> <td>Take and organize notesGPL-3.0-only</td> <td>GPL-3.0-only</td> <td align="right">2.8</td> <td>25/01/2017</td> <td>FALSE</td> <td>Storage, Calendar</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td>SSH backup</td> </tr> <tr> <td>TAG Notepad</td> <td>Tag-based notebookApache-2.0</td> <td>Apache License 2.0</td> <td align="right">0.7</td> <td>15/12/2013</td> <td>FALSE</td> <td>Storage</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Ted</td> <td>Lightweight text editorMIT</td> <td>MIT</td> <td align="right">0.248</td> <td>13/11/2012</td> <td>FALSE</td> <td>Storage</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td>Text editor only</td> </tr> <tr> <td>TEdit</td> <td>A simple text editor0BSD</td> <td>0BSD</td> <td align="right">4.5</td> <td>02/11/2019</td> <td>FALSE</td> <td>Storage</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td>Text editor only</td> </tr> <tr> <td>TextWarrior</td> <td>Text editorApache-2.0</td> <td>Apache License 2.0</td> <td align="right">0.335</td> <td>17/04/2013</td> <td>FALSE</td> <td>Storage</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td>Text editor only</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Tomdroid</td> <td>Note takerGPL-3.0-or-later</td> <td>GPL-3.0-or-later</td> <td align="right">1</td> <td>16/01/2014</td> <td>FALSE</td> <td>Storage</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td>.xml export</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Turbo Editor</td> <td>Simple text editorGPL-3.0-or-later</td> <td>GPL-3.0-or-later</td> <td align="right">1.9</td> <td>29/03/2015</td> <td>FALSE</td> <td>Storage</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td>Text editor only</td> </tr> <tr> <td>uNote</td> <td>Lightweight and minimalist notepadGPL-3.0-only</td> <td>GPL-3.0-only</td> <td align="right">0.071</td> <td>29/11/2018</td> <td>FALSE</td> <td>Storage</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>VIMTouch</td> <td>Text editorGPL-3.0-only</td> <td>GPL-3.0-only</td> <td align="right">3.4</td> <td>30/03/2013</td> <td>FALSE</td> <td>Storage</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td>Text editor only</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Writeily Pro</td> <td>Edit markdown filesMIT</td> <td>MIT</td> <td align="right">1.7</td> <td>20/05/2015</td> <td>FALSE</td> <td>Storage</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td class="true">TRUE</td> <td class="false">FALSE</td> <td> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </div>
The apps which stood out to me as the most polished and feature rich were Writely Pro, Scarlet Notes, Simple Notes, and Omni Notes. Orgzly is good but I don't see myself learning its idiosyncratic ways. Markor almost made its way to being on of my favourites, but it ran quite clunky on my setup.
After much deliberation, I'm going to live with Scarlet Notes[3] for a while and see how it goes.